1 Peter 3 Cross References - Thomson

¹ In like manner ye wives, be subject to your own husbands, that if any of them disbelieve the word they may by the deportment of their wives, without a word, be won over, ² when they see your reverential, chaste behaviour. ³ And let your adorning be, not that which is external by plaiting the hair with appendages of gold, nor finery of dress; ⁴ but the hidden man of the heart, with the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is highly precious in the sight of God. ⁵ For thus, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God adorned themselves, submitting to their husbands, ⁶ [as Sarah, whose daughters you are, obeyed Abraham, calling him lord] doing what was right, and alarmed by no terror. ⁷ Likewise ye husbands cohabit with your wives, paying respect to them as the weaker sex, and moreover as co-heirs with you of the grant of life, that there may be no impediment to your prayers. ⁸ Finally, be all of one mind, sympathising with one another, full of brotherly love, compassionate, courteous ⁹ not rendering evil for evil, revile for revile; but on the contrary, blessing; knowing that you have been called for this, that you may inherit a blessing. ¹⁰ For "whoever desireth life; and loveth to see good days; Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking guile; ¹¹ Let him depart from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it. ¹² Because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears are open to their prayers: But the face of the Lord is against them who do evil." ¹³ Who then will hurt you if you be imitators of him who is good? ¹⁴ But if you should even suffer on the account of righteousness, you are happy. Be not terrified with the fear of them, nor dismayed; ¹⁵ but sanctify the Lord in your hearts" and be always prepared, in answer to every one who demandeth of you a reason for the hope which is in you, to make a defence with meekness and fear, ¹⁶ having a good conscience, that when they speak against you as evil doers, they who calumniate your good conversation in Christ may be put to shame. ¹⁷ For if it be the will of God that you should suffer, it is better that you should suffer as well doers than as evil doers. ¹⁸ Because Christ himself suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God: being indeed put to death in flesh, but brought to life by that spirit ¹⁹ with which he went, and to the spirits which are [now] in prison ²⁰ made proclamation at the time they were disobedient when the long suffering of God was waiting once for all in the day of Noe, while the ark was a building, in which a few, that be eight souls, made their escape during the flood; ²¹ an antitype to which, namely baptism, [not a removal of the filth of the flesh, but an earnest conscientious application to God] doth now save us also, by means of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, ²² who, having gone to heaven, is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.

²³ And Adam said, "This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh, let her be called woman." Because she was taken out of her man, ²⁴ therefore a man is to leave his father and his mother and cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

¹⁶ And to the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply thy sorrows and thy anguish. With sorrows thou shalt bear children and to thy husband shall be thy recourse, and he shall rule over thee."

³ then the Lord God said, "My breath must not continue in these men to this age, because they are flesh; their days however, shall be an hundred and twenty years."

⁵ So when the Lord God saw that the wickedness of the men on the earth was multiplied, and that every one was in his heart studiously and continually bent upon evils,

¹³ therefore the Lord God said to Noe, "The time of every man is come before me. Because the earth is filled with iniquity by their means, therefore behold I am going to destroy them and the earth.

¹³ On that day Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth, the sons of Noe, and Noe's wife and the three wives of his sons with him went into the ark:

¹⁷ and the deluge came on the earth forty days and forty nights. And the water increased exceedingly and lifted up the ark, and it was raised up from the earth. ¹⁸ And the water prevailed and was exceedingly increased on the earth: And the ark was borne up above the water. ¹⁹ Still the water prevailed more and more on the earth and covered all the high mountains which were under the heaven. ²⁰ Fifteen cubits above was the water raised when it had covered all the high mountains. ²¹ And all animate flesh on the earth of fowls and cattle and wild beasts and every moving reptile on the earth and every man died. ²² Every thing which hath the breath of life, even every thing which was on the dry land died. ²³ It swept away every thing raised up, which was on the face of the earth, man and cattle and reptiles and the fowls of the air. They were swept away from the earth, and Noe alone was left and they who were with him in the ark.

¹ Now God had remembered Noe and all the beasts and all the cattle and all the fowls and all the reptiles which creep, even all that were with him in the ark; and God brought a wind over the earth and aswaged the water.

¹⁸ So Noe and his wife and his sons and his sons' wives with him went out.

¹² And Sarah smiled within herself, saying, It hath never been so with me even to this time, and my lord is old.

¹⁵ Then Sarah denied, saying, I did not smile, for she was terrified. And he said to her, Nay, but thou didst smile.

²² And when all the camels had done drinking, the man took ear rings of gold of about a drachm weight, and a pair of bracelets for her hands, the weight of which was ten pieces of gold,

⁴⁷ I asked her saying, Whose daughter art thou? Tell me. And she said, I am the daughter of Bathuel the son of Nachor, whom Melcha bore to him. Then I put the ear rings on her and the bracelets on her hands,

⁵³ Then the servant brought out jewels of silver and gold and raiment and gave them to Rebekka, and made presents to her brother and to her mother.

²² but every woman shall ask of her neighbour and of him who sojourneth in her house vessels of silver and of gold, and raiment which you shall put on your sons and your daughters and you shall spoil the Egyptians.

² Thereupon Aaron said to them, Take off the golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives and daughters and bring them to me.

⁴ And when the people heard these evil tidings they mourned bitterly.

²² then the men brought from their wives; every one as it seemed good brought seals and pendants and rings and necklaces and bracelets and all sorts of jewels of gold.

⁸ overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings.

¹⁰ And be the man who he may of the children of Israel, or of the proselytes who dwell among you, who shall eat any blood, I will set my face against that person who eateth blood, and destroy him from among his people.

³ and as for me I will myself set my face against that man, and destroy him from among his people, because he hath given of his seed to an Archon, to pollute my holy things, and to profane the name of those who have been hallowed to me.

⁶ And with respect to the person who shall follow belly speakers and sorcerers, so as to go a whoring after them, I will set my face against that person, and destroy him from among his people.

¹⁷ and I will set my face against you; and you shall fall before your enemies; and they who hate you shall pursue you; and you shall flee when there is none pursuing you.

¹² Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you have not believed, to sanctify me before the children of Israel, therefore you shall not lead this congregation into the land which I have given them.

¹⁴ because you transgressed my command in the wilderness of Sin. When the people resisted the hallowing of me, you did not hallow me at the water before them. [This alludeth to the water of strife at Kades in the wilderness.]

¹² a land over which the Lord thy God keepeth a continual watch. The eyes of the Lord thy God are upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end thereof.

⁴⁷ for this is not a vain thing for you; for it is your life; and, for the sake of this word, you shall prolong your days in the land to which you are going, to cross the Jordan to take possession.

¹ My heart was strengthened by the Lord; By my God, my horn was exalted; Over my enemies my mouth was enlarged; I was made glad by thy salvation.

⁷ Now therefore stand up, that I may cite you to judgment before the Lord, and proclaim to you all the righteousness of the Lord in his dealings with you and your fathers.

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, nor the height of his stature, for I have rejected him: for God looketh not superficially as man looketh; for man looketh at the outward appearance, but God will look to the heart.

³⁰ Now when Jehu came to Jezrael and Jezabel heard, she painted her eyes and dressed her head and looked out at a window.

¹⁵ And now mine eyes shall be open and my ears attentive to the prayer made in this place.

⁹ For the eyes of the Lord look throughout the whole earth, to strengthen them whose heart is perfect towards him. In this matter thou hast acted foolishly. Henceforward thou shalt have war.

³⁰ and thou hadst borne with them many years, and testified against them by thy Spirit; by the ministry of thy prophets; and they did not give ear, though thou didst deliver them into the hands of the people of the land,

¹⁶ And Muchaius said to the king and to the chiefs, Queen Astin hath wronged, not the king only, but also all the king's chiefs and leaders; ¹⁷ for he hath told them the queen's conduct and how she hath contradicted the king. Therefore as she hath contradicted the king Artaxerxes, so will the rest of the ladies now, ¹⁸ the wives of the Persian and Medean princes, upon hearing what she hath said to the king, presume in like manner to dishonour their husbands. ¹⁹ If therefore it seemeth good to the king, let him pass a royal decree and let it be written according to the laws of the Medes and Persians, and let him not alter it nor suffer the queen any more to approach him; but let the king give her royalty to another woman, better than her. ²⁰ And let this edict of the king be proclaimed, which if he cause to be done throughout his kingdom, then will all the women both rich and poor, pay respect to their husbands.

¹ And on the third day Esther put on her royal apparel and stood in the inner court of the king's palace over against the king's house, when the king was sitting on his royal throne, in the royal house, over against the gate.

¹ There was a man in the country of Ausitis whose name was Job. He was a man of truth and integrity, just, pious, and who abstained from every thing that was evil.

³ And the Lord said to Satan, Thou hast therefore attended to my servant Job; that there is not of those on the earth a man like him, guiltless, true, unblameable, abstaining from all evil. Still he retaineth his innocence; so that thou hast ordered the destruction of his property, without accomplishing thy purpose. ⁴ In reply to which Satan said to the Lord, Skin for skin. All that a man hath he will give for his life.

⁷ Remember therefore that my life is but a breath; and that mine eyes shall never return again to see good. ⁸ The eye of him who seeth me now shall not see me again. Thine eyes are upon me and I am gone.

²⁵ Now my days are swifter than a courier. They are gone without being perceived.

²⁸ he said to man, "Behold the worshipping of God is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding."

²⁸ Save my soul, that it may not go to destruction, and let my life see light.

⁸ Now therefore take seven young bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and he will make an offering for you; and my servant Job will pray for you. For him only I will accept; for were it not for his sake, I would destroy you, because you have not spoken what is true against my servant Job.

⁴ The Lord is in his holy temple. The Lord, whose throne is in heaven; whose eyes look down on the needy; whose eye lids examine the sons of men;

⁹ he will guide the meek in judgment: he will teach the meek his ways.

¹³ I am confident of seeing the goodness of the Lord, in the land of the living.

¹² What man soever desireth life and loveth to see good days: ¹³ keep thy tongue from evil; and thy lips from speaking guile: ¹⁴ depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

¹⁴ depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. ¹⁵ The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous: and his ears are open to their prayer. ¹⁶ But the face of the Lord is against them that do evil; to destroy the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cried and the Lord heard them;

²⁷ Depart from evil and do good and dwell for evermore.

²⁰ They who reward me evil for good, traduced me: because I followed righteousness.

⁹ In honour of thee the queen stood on thy right hand, arrayed in robes of gold and embroidery.

¹³ All this honour is for the daughter of the king of Hesebon herself, she is surrounded with chain works of gold, and embroidery.

¹⁹ He shall go to the generation of his fathers; he shall never see light.

⁶ for behold thou lovedst truth; to me thou hadst manifested the obscure and hidden things of thy wisdom.

² Hearken to my prayer. To thee all flesh should come.

¹⁶ It is burned up with fire and rooted up. At the rebuke of thy countenance are they to perish?

¹³ As a father pitieth his children; the Lord hath pitied them who fear him,

⁵ that we may see it in the felicity of thy chosen; that we may be gladdened with the joy of thy nation; that we may sing praises with thy heritage.

¹ A Psalm. By David. The Lord said to my Lord; sit at my right hand; till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

⁴⁶ and I have spoken of thy testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed:

⁶ That my soul hath so long dwelt with them, who hate peace. ⁷ I was for peace; but when I spoke they attacked me without provocation.

⁴ Do good, O Lord, to the good, and to them who are upright in heart.

² Had I not been humble, but exalted myself as a weaned child doth against its mother; how thou wouldst have retributed to my soul!

⁶ The Lord raiseth up the meek; and humbleth sinners to the ground.

¹⁰ In the courage of the horse he will not delight, nor is he pleased with the agility of the warrior. ¹¹ The Lord delighteth in them who fear him, and in all them who trust in his mercy.

⁴ for the Lord taketh pleasure in his people; and with salvation he will exalt the meek.

² For they will add to thee length of days and years of life and peace.

⁷ Be not wise in thine own conceit; but fear God and depart from all evil:

¹⁸ She is a tree of life to all who take hold of her; and safe for them who rely on her, as on the Lord.

²² for they are life to them who find them and health to all flesh.

¹⁵ Drink water from thine own vessels, and from the wells of thine own fountain. ¹⁶ Let not the waters from thy fountain over flow for thee; but let thy waters run in thine own streets. ¹⁷ Let them be for thyself only, and let no stranger partake with thee. ¹⁸ Let thy fountain of water be appropriate to thyself; and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. ¹⁹ Let thy loving hind and graceful fawn converse with thee; and let her be accounted peculiarly thine, and be with thee on all occasions. For ravished with her love thou wilt become a numerous family.

³⁵ For my ways are the ways of life; and volition is obtained from the Lord.

³⁰ From the fruit of righteousness springeth up the tree of life: but the lives of transgressors are prematurely destroyed.

³ The eyes of the Lord are in every place, they behold both the evil and the good.

⁸ The sacrifices of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of the upright are acceptable to him. ⁹ The ways of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord; but he loveth them who follow righteousness.

²⁹ God is far removed from the wicked: but he hearkeneth to the prayers of the righteous. Better is a small portion with righteousness; than much produce with injustice. Let the heart of man devise righteous things, that his steps may be directed by God.

⁶ [Omitted] ⁷ The beginning of a good way is to do things just and acceptable in the sight of God, rather than to offer sacrifices.

¹⁷ The paths of life turn aside from evils: and the ways of righteousness are length of life. He who receiveth instruction shall enjoy good: and he who regardeth reproofs shall be wise. He who watcheth his own ways preserveth his soul: and he who loveth his life will be sparing of his mouth.

¹³ Whosoever returneth evil for good; from his house evils shall not depart.

¹⁹ A brother assisted by a brother is like a fortified and lofty city, and is strong as a well founded palace.

²² Do not say, I will take vengeance on an enemy; but wait for the Lord that he may help thee.

⁸ He who increaseth his wealth by usury and unjust gain; gathereth it for him who will pity the poor.

¹⁰ Who can find a virtuous woman? Such a one is indeed more valuable than precious stones.

³⁰ False are allurements, and vain the beauty of a wife. For a woman of understanding is blessed. Let her therefore praise the fear of the Lord.

³ Now I had examined whether my mind could lead my flesh to wine; and my mind had led it with wisdom, retaining a command over pleasure, until I should see of what sort that good is, which the sons of men are to pursue under the sun, all the days of their life.

¹⁶ Wash and become clean: remove iniquities from your souls; in my presence, cease from your evil deeds; ¹⁷ learn to do good; seek judgment; deliver him who is injured; administer justice to the orphan, and plead the cause of the widow: ¹⁸ then come: [let our controversy be brought to issue, saith the Lord] and though your sins be as a purple stain; I will make you white as snow; though they be as a stain of scarlet; I will make you white as wool.

¹⁸ On that day the Lord will take away the finery of their attire, the cauls and the curls and the crescents, ¹⁹ the solitaire and the ornament of the brow, ²⁰ and the gorgeous wreathed tiar, and the necklaces and the bracelets, and the zone and the rings for the fingers, and the ornaments for the right arms, ²¹ and the earrings and the robes with purple borders, ²² and those the middle of which is purple, and the dresses worn at home, and the Laconian gauzes and cotton robes, ²³ and those of purple and scarlet and cotton, embroidered with gold and purple; and the summer sofas: ²⁴ and instead of perfumes there shall be ashes; and instead of a girdle thou shalt be girded with rushes; and instead of a golden headdress thou shalt have baldness, on the account of thy doings; and instead of the purple robe thou shalt gird on sackcloth.

¹⁶ and the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment; and God, the Holy One, shall be glorified by righteousness;

¹² saying, Perhaps they may order what is hard; [for whatever this people order is hard.] Be not ye terrified with the fear of them, nor dismayed; ¹³ hallow the Lord himself, and let him be thy fear:

⁴ but he will administer justice to the lowly, and work conviction in the meek of the earth. And he will smite the earth with the word of his mouth, and with a breath from his lips destroy the wicked.

¹⁹ and the distressed shall exult with joy because of the Lord; and the disconsolate among men shall be filled with joy.

²³ but when his children shall see my works, because of me they will hallow my name. They will hallow the Holy One of Jacob, and tremble before the God of Israel.

¹⁸ [p] But again the Lord will wait to be gracious to you, and will therefore be exalted for compassionating you. Because the Lord your God is judge, happy are they who wait for him.

¹⁰ Fear not, for I am with thee; be not led astray, for I am thy God. I have strengthened thee and helped thee, and secured thee with my just right hand. ¹¹ Behold all thine adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as nothing and all thine opponents shall be destroyed. ¹² Thou mayst seek but thou shalt not find the men, who through drunkenness will dare to insult thee. For they shall be as mere nothing: and they who war against thee shall be no more. ¹³ For I am thy God, who have hold of thy right hand, and who say to thee, ¹⁴ Fear not, Jacob, diminutive Israel! I have helped thee, saith thy God, who redeemeth thee, Israel.

²¹ The trial of you is near, saith the Lord God; your councils are nigh at hand, saith the king of Jacob;

⁷ to open the eyes of the blind; to lead out from chains them who are bound, and out of prison, them who are sitting in darkness.

⁹ saying to them who are in bonds, Go forth; and to them who are in darkness, "Come into light." In all the highways they shall be fed, and there shall be pasture for them in all the paths.

¹² I THE I AM am he who comforteth thee. Recollect what thou wast when terrified at a mortal man, and at a son of man who are withered like grass;

¹ Awake, awake, Sion! clothe thyself, Sion, with thy strength. Put on thy glory. O Jerusalem, thou holy city! No more shall the uncircumcised and the unclean pass through thee.

⁴ This man beareth away our sins; and for us he is in sorrow: And we considered him as being in trouble and under a stroke and in affliction. ⁵ But he was wounded for our sins, and afflicted for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon him; by his bruises we are healed. ⁶ We all like sheep had strayed; every man wandered in his way: and the Lord delivered him up for our sins:

¹¹ Of whom hast thou been so anxiously afraid that thou hast dealt falsely with me, and has not remembered nor taken me into thy thoughts, nor into thy heart? When I saw and neglected thee thou didst not fear me.

¹⁵ Thus saith the Most High, who on earth inhabiteth eternity, who is Holy among holies; whose name is THE MOST HIGH; who at rest in the holies giveth patience to the humble, and life to them who are of a contrite heart;

¹ [M] THE SPIRIT of the Lord is upon me, for the business for which he anointed me. He hath sent me to publish glad tidings to the poor, to heal them who are brokenhearted; to proclaim a deliverance to captives, and a recovery of sight to the blind:

¹⁰ And they shall rejoice in the Lord with joy.[c] Rejoice in the Lord, my soul, for he hath clothed me with the mantle of Salvation, and with an under garment of gladness, he hath crowned me as a bridegroom with a crown and adorned me as a bride, with jewels,

⁸ Be not afraid of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee saith the Lord.

³² Will a bride forget her attire; or a virgin, the ornaments that deck her bosom? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number.

³⁰ And as for thee what wilt thou do? Though thou clothe thyself with scarlet and deck thyself with ornaments of gold; though thou paint thine eyes with stibium, thy decoration will avail nothing; thy lovers have cast thee off. They will seek thy life.

¹⁵ [p] O Lord, remember me and visit me and save me from them, who are persecuting me past forbearance. Consider how I have for Thy sake borne reproach from them who despise my words.

¹⁰ For I have set my face against this city for evils and not for good. It shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon and he will burn it with fire.

¹² Whereupon Jeremias addressing the chiefs, spoke to all the people saying, The Lord hath sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city, all the words which you have heard. ¹³ Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and hearken to the voice of the Lord; and the Lord will refrain from all the evils which he hath denounced against you. ¹⁴ As for me, behold I am in your hands. Do with me as seemeth good and best to you. ¹⁵ But be assured that if you put me to death, you bring innocent blood on yourselves and upon this city and upon the inhabitants thereof. For in truth, the Lord hath sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing. ¹⁶ Then the chiefs and all the people said to the priests and the false prophets, This man is not liable to death, for he hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord.

¹¹ [p] By means of the hand of his brother my neighbour, there is indeed no place for thine orphan to be left that it may live. [J] But I will cause it to live. In me the widows have trusted.

⁵⁹ The word which the Lord commanded Jeremias the prophet to deliver to Saraias son of Nerias son of Maasias when he was going from Sedekias king of Juda to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Saraias had the charge of the homage gifts.

⁹ and it shall be on all occasions firmer than a rock. Be not afraid of them nor daunted at their countenance, because they are a provoking house.

⁷ And I will set my face against them. When they escape out of one fire another shall devour them. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

⁷ Be multiplied like the grass of the field; I have betrothed thee. So thou didst increase and grow great and enter the class of chief cities. Thy breasts were fashioned and thy locks flowing. But thou wast naked and exposed to shame. ⁸ Then I passed by thee and beheld thee and lo! thou wast of a marriageable age. So I spread my skirt over thee and covered thy nakedness; and sware to thee and entered into covenant with thee, saith the Lord. ⁹ And when thou becamest mine I washed thee with water, and cleansed away thy blood from thee and anointed thee with oil; ¹⁰ And I clothed thee with embroidery and shod thee with purple sandals and girded thee with a cotton zone and threw around thee a mantle of tissue. ¹¹ And I decked thee with ornaments, and put bracelets round thy wrists and a chain round thy neck, ¹² and gave thee a jewel for thy nose and ear-rings for thine ears, and a crown of exquisite beauty for thy head. ¹³ So thou wast adorned with gold and silver, and thy raiment was of cotton, tissue and embroidery; and thy food was fine flour, oil and honey. And thou becamest exceeding beautiful,

⁴⁰ and because, for the men who came from afar, to whom messengers had been despatched, thou didst immediately on their coming, anoint thyself with oil and paint thine eyes with stibium, and

²⁵ then I will sprinkle upon you pure water, and you shall be cleansed from all your impurities and from all your idols; and when I have cleansed you, ²⁶ I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you: I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh:

¹⁶ In reply to this, Sedrach, Misach, Abdenago said to the king Nabuchodonosar, We are at no loss to answer thee in respect to this matter. ¹⁷ For our God in heaven, whom we worship, is able to deliver us out of the furnace of fire which is heated, and he will deliver us, king, out of thy hands. ¹⁸ But even though he do not, be it known to thee, king, that we cannot serve thy gods, nor will we worship the image which thou hast set up.

²⁶ and after the sixty two weeks, the Messiah shall be cut off, though there is no crime in him; and he, with the ruler who is coming, will destroy the city and the sanctuary. They shall be destroyed with a deluge, and even to the end of the war determined on in course, with desolations.

¹⁴ Whereupon Amos answered and said to Amasias, I was not a prophet, nor a son of a prophet. I was only a herdsman and a gatherer of dates; ¹⁵ and the Lord took me from the flocks and the Lord said to me, "Go and prophesy against my people Israel." ¹⁶ Now therefore hear a word of the Lord, Thou sayst, "Prophesy not against Israel, " and "Thou shalt not give any disturbance to Israel." ¹⁷ Therefore thus saith the Lord. "Thy wife shall be a prostitute in the city; and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword; and thy land shall be measured out with a line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land; and Israel shall be carried captive from his land."

¹⁰ since a certain person hath despised these as small days,] that those seven eyes will be gladdened, when they shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zorobabel; they are the eyes which survey the whole earth.

⁹ Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Execute just judgment and shew mercy and compassion one to another;

⁹ Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Sion! Make proclamation, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold thy king is coming for thee. He is righteous and a saviour. He is meek and mounted on an ass, even a young colt.

¹ In that day every place will be opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for the removal and for the separation.

¹⁴ And do you say, Why not? Because God was a witness between thee and the wife of thy youth whom thou hast forsaken, though she was thy companion and the wife of thy covenant. ¹⁵ Now did not he who had the residue of spirit, do right? Yet you have said, "What else but a seed doth God require?" But keep this in your mind, "Thou must not forsake the wife of thy youth." ¹⁶ [a] "But if thou having hated shalt put away saith the Lord God of Israel." [b] And will impiety, saith the Lord Almighty, put a cloak over thy lusts? Therefore keep this in your mind, "You must not forsake."

⁵ Happy the meek; for they shall inherit the land.

⁹ Happy the peace makers; for they shall be called children of God. ¹⁰ Happy they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake; for the kingdom of the heavens is theirs. ¹¹ Happy are ye when men will revile and persecute you, and accuse you falsely of every evil thing on my account.

¹¹ Happy are ye when men will revile and persecute you, and accuse you falsely of every evil thing on my account. ¹² Rejoice and exult triumphantly; for great will be your reward in heaven: for thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

²³ If therefore thou bring thy gift to the altar and recollect there that thy brother hath ground of complaint against thee; ²⁴ leave there thy gift before the altar and go away. First of all be reconciled with thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

³⁹ But I say to you, Contend not with the injurious: but if one smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

⁴⁴ But I say to you, Love your enemies. Bless them who curse you. Do good to them who hate you: and pray for them who spitefully use you and persecute you; ⁴⁵ that you may be the children of your Father in heaven: for he causeth the sun to rise on bad and good, and sendeth the rain on just and unjust.

¹³ and bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil [for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for the ages, amen.

¹⁴ because the gate is strait and the way narrow, which leadeth to life, therefore there are few who find it.

¹⁸ and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and the nations.

¹⁸ and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and the nations. ¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what you shall speak: for what you are to speak will be suggested to you at the very instant.

¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what you shall speak: for what you are to speak will be suggested to you at the very instant. ²⁰ For it is not you who speak, but the spirit of your father that speaketh in you.

²⁰ For it is not you who speak, but the spirit of your father that speaketh in you. ²¹ Now brother will deliver up brother to death; and a father, a son; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. ²² And you will be hated by all men on the account of my name. But he who persevereth to the end shall be saved.

²⁸ And be not afraid of them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

³¹ Fear not therefore; for you are of more value than many sparrows.

³⁹ He who hath found his life shall lose it. But he, who shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

²⁹ Take upon you my yoke and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest for your souls.

¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. ¹⁷ For verily I say to you, "Many prophets and righteous men have earnestly desired to see what you see, and have not seen them; and to hear what you hear and have not heard them."

²⁵ For whoever wisheth to save his life shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

¹⁵ Wherefore if thy brother trespass against thee, go and expostulate with him when thou and he are alone. If he hearken to thee thou hast gained thy brother.

¹⁹ Again I say to you, If two of you agree on the earth touching any thing which they may ask, it will be done for them by my father who is in heaven.

³³ shouldst thou not then have had compassion on thy fellow servant as I had on thee?

³ And the Pharisees came to him, and trying him said, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every fault? ⁴ In reply to which he said to them, "Have you not read that the Creator at the beginning made them a male and a female?" ⁵ Moreover he said, "For this cause a man is to leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh; ⁶ so that they are no longer two but one flesh." Therefore what God hath conjoined, let not man separate. ⁷ They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce and dismiss her? ⁸ He saith to them, Because of your intractable disposition Moses permitted you to put away your wives; but it was not so from the beginning. ⁹ Now I say to you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for whoredom and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he who marrieth her who was put away committeth adultery.

¹⁷ In reply to which Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but God only. But if thou desirest to enter into that life, keep the commandments.

²⁹ And everyone who hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields for the sake of my name, shall receive an hundred fold compensation. He shall indeed inherit an everlasting life.

⁵ "Say to the daughter of Sion, Behold thy king cometh to thee, meek and mounted on an ass; even on a young colt the foal of an ass."

⁴⁴ "The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool."

²⁶ Blind Pharisee, cleanse first what is within the cup, and the plate; so the outside will be clean.

³⁷ For as the days of Noe were, so also will this coming of the son of man be. ³⁸ For as in those days, before the deluge, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, till Noe entered the ark; ³⁹ and they did not know till the flood came and swept them all away; so will this coming of the son of man be.

³⁴ Then the king will say to them on his right, Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom which hath been prepared for you from the formation of the world:

³⁹ Then, advancing a little further, he fell prostrate on his face, and prayed, saying, O my father, if it be possible, let this cup be removed from me. Nevertheless not as I would, but as thou wiliest.

⁴² Again he went away the second time, and prayed, saying, O my father! If this cup cannot be removed from me, without my drinking it; thy will be done.

⁶⁹ Now when Peter was sitting without, in the court, a servant maid came up to him and said, Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilean. ⁷⁰ And he denied before them all, saying, I do not know what thou sayest ⁷¹ And as he was going out into the porch another maid saw him, and saith to them there, That man also was with Jesus the Nazarene. ⁷² And he again denied, with an oath, I do not know the man. ⁷³ And a little after, some byestanders came up and said to Peter, Thou also art certainly one of them, for thy speech discovereth thee. ⁷⁴ Then he began to curse and to swear, I do not know the man. And immediately a cock crowed. ⁷⁵ Whereupon Peter recollected the word which Jesus said to him, "Before cockcrowing thou wilt three times deny me;" and going out, he wept bitterly.

¹⁹ And while he was sitting on the tribunal, his wife had sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that righteous person; for I have this day suffered much in a dream on his account.

²⁴ When Pilate saw that he could not in the least prevail, but that a tumult rather was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am clear from the blood of this innocent person. Look ye to it.

¹⁹ Go therefore and make all the nations disciples, baptizing them to the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

³⁵ For whosoever would save his life, shall lose it; but whoever shall lose his life for the sake of me, and the glad tidings, he shall save it.

¹⁷ And as he was setting out on his journey, one came running, and kneeling down before him, asked him, Good teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit an everlasting life?

²⁹ In reply to this, Jesus said, Verily I say to you, There is none who hath left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for the sake of me and the glad tidings,

³⁶ For David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said, "The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool."

⁷ For you have the poor always with you and can, when you please, do them good; but me you have not always.

¹⁶ He who believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved; but he who disbelieveth shall be condemned.

¹⁹ So after the Lord had spoken to them, he was taken up to heaven, and sat at the right hand of God;

⁷⁹ to give light to them who are sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet to the way of peace."

³⁷ she was now a widow, about eighty four years old, who departed not from the temple, performing religious service, with fasting and prayers, night and day.

⁹ Jesus said to them, Let me ask you what is allowable on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy"?

²² Happy are you, when men will hate you; even when they will discard and reproach you, and expose your name as infamous on the account of the son of man; ²³ rejoice on that day and leap for joy; for behold your reward in heaven is great; for thus their fathers treated the prophets.

²⁷ But I charge you, my hearers, Love your enemies. Do good to them who hate you. ²⁸ Bless them who curse you; and pray for them who spitefully abuse you. ²⁹ To him who smiteth thee on one cheek, present also the other. And from him who taketh thy mantle, withhold not thy coat.

³⁵ But love your enemies; and do good; and lend without any mistrust, and your reward will be great. And you will be the children of the Most High Because he is kind, even to the ungrateful and malignant;

² and by certain women who had been delivered from evil spirits and diseases, particularly Mary, called Magdalene, Out of whom had gone seven demons; ³ and Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him out of their possessions.

²⁵ Then a certain teacher of the law stood up, and with a view to try him, said, Teacher, what must I do to inherit everlasting life?

³³ But a certain Samaritan, who was on a journey, came where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion

⁴⁰ Unthinking men! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?

⁴ therefore I say to you, my friends; Be not afraid of them who kill the body, and after that can do no more: ⁵ but I will point out to you whom you should fear; Fear him, who after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. I repeat it to you, Fear him.

³² Fear not, little flock. Because it hath pleased your Father to give you that kingdom,

²⁴ Strive with all your might to enter in through the narrow gate; for many, I assure you, will seek to enter, who will not be able. ²⁵ When the master of the house is raised up, and shall have shut the door and you begin to stand without and knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us, he will Answer and say to you, I do not know you, whence you are.

¹⁵ Whereupon he said to them, You are they who justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts. Because that which is high among men, is an abomination in the sight of God,

²⁶ And as it was in the days of Noe, so will it be in the days of the son of man. ²⁷ They ate; they drank; they married, and were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered the ark; and the flood came and destroyed them all. ²⁸ Just so it was also in the days of Lot. They ate; they drank; they bought; they sold; they planted; they built: ²⁹ but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. ³⁰ Even so will it be on the day when the son of man will be revealed.

¹⁸ When a certain chief asked him, saying, Good teacher, What shall I do that I may obtain everlasting life?

⁴² when David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand

¹⁴ Therefore settle it in your minds not to premeditate what defence you shall make. ¹⁵ For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to contradict or withstand.

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him and saith respecting him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile!

³¹ Now we know that God hearkeneth not to sinners; but if any one be a worshipper of God, and do his will, to him he hearkeneth.

²⁵ He who loveth his life, will lose it: but he who slighteth his life in this world, shall keep it for an everlasting life.

¹ Let not your hearts be troubled. Trust in God: trust also in me.

²⁷ Peace I leave with you. This peace of mine I give you. It is not as the world giveth that I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled nor dismayed.

¹⁵ I do not ask thee to remove them out of the world, but to preserve them from the evil one.

¹¹ who addressed them, saying, Men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up to heaven? This same Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same manner as you have seen him going to heaven.

¹⁴ These all continued with one mind in prayer and supplication, with the women, particularly Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

¹ Now when the day of pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in the same place.

³⁴ For David did not ascend into the heavens; yet he saith, "The Lord said to my lord, Sit at my right hand, ³⁵ until I make thine enemies thy footstool." ³⁶ Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus whom ye have crucified, Lord and Christ.

³⁸ Thereupon Peter said to them, Repent and let every one of you be baptized to the remission of sins for the name of Jesus Christ, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁴ you indeed renounced the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted to you.

²¹ whom the heaven must receive till the time of the consummation of all which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets of old:

⁸ Then Peter being filled with a holy spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders of Israel,

⁸ Then Peter being filled with a holy spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders of Israel, ⁹ if we are this day examined for a good deed done to an infirm man, by what means he hath been healed,

⁹ if we are this day examined for a good deed done to an infirm man, by what means he hath been healed, ¹⁰ be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom ye crucified; whom God raised from the dead by him this man standeth before you, perfectly cured.

¹⁰ be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom ye crucified; whom God raised from the dead by him this man standeth before you, perfectly cured. ¹¹ This is the stone that was rejected by you the builders, which was for the head of the corner.

¹¹ This is the stone that was rejected by you the builders, which was for the head of the corner. ¹² This cure indeed is by no other, nor is there any other name under heaven given among men by which we can be saved."

¹² This cure indeed is by no other, nor is there any other name under heaven given among men by which we can be saved." ¹³ Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and found that they were illiterate men, and in private stations of life, they wondered; and recollected their having been with Jesus.

¹⁹ But Peter and John in reply to them, said, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye.

³² Now the whole body of the believers were of one heart and one soul. And no one said that any of his goods were his own; but all things were common among them.

²⁹ In reply to which Peter and the apostles said, We must obey God rather than men. ³⁰ The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, having caused him to be suspended on a cross ³¹ even him, a chief leader and a Saviour, God hath exalted at his right hand to give repentance to Israel and a remission of sins.

³⁶ And as they continued the journey, they came to a certain water. Whereupon the eunuch said, Behold! here is water. What hindereth my being baptized?

¹⁶ I will shew him what he must suffer for my name.

³⁶ Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha [the signification of which in Greek, is Dorcas [a Roe.]] This woman abounded in good works and in acts of charity.

³³ And he taking them that very hour of the night, washed their stripes; and he and all his family were immediately baptized.

⁹ And in a vision by night, the Lord said to Paul, Be not afraid, but speak, and keep not silence; ¹⁰ for I am with thee; and no one shall set upon thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.

¹⁴ So, as he could not be prevailed on, we acquiesced, saying, "The will of the Lord be done."

³⁹ Thereupon Paul said, I am indeed a Jew of Tarsus, in Cilicia, a citizen of no inconsiderable city, I intreat thee therefore, permit me to speak to the people.

¹⁴ Then he said, The God of our fathers hath prepared thee to know his will and to see the righteous one, and to hear a voice from his mouth,

¹⁶ Now therefore why delayest thou? Arise, baptize and wash thee from thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

¹⁶ and with this I exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence before God and men continually.

²⁵ And while Paul was discoursing concerning justice and temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix, being terrified, said, Go thy way for the present, and when I find a convenient time I will send for thee:

³ And on the next day we touched at Sidon, where Julius, who treated Paul with great humanity, suffered him to go to his friends and enjoy the benefit of their care.

⁷ Now in the neighbourhood of that place lay the estate of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius, who took us to his house and entertained us kindly three days.

⁴ him who was determinately marked out as son of God by a power, according to a spirit of holiness, of rising up from the dead,]

⁴ Or dost thou contemn the riches of his gentleness and forbearance and long suffering, not considering that the gentleness of God is leading thee to a reformation? ⁵ Indeed according to this obduracy, and impenitent heart of thine thou art treasuring up for thyself wrath against a day of the wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

²⁹ but he, who is a Jew inwardly, whose circumcision is that of the heart"spiritually not literally, whose praise is not from men, but from God.

²⁵ who was delivered up for our offences and raised again for our justification.

¹ Therefore being justified because of belief, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ² through whom we have, by this belief, obtained access to this favour in which we stand and boast in a hope of the glory of God.

⁶ For while we were yet without strength, Christ In due time died for the ungodly: ⁷ for scarcely will any one die for a just man; though perhaps for the good some one may even flare to die: ⁸ but God confirmeth his love for us, because while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

¹⁴ but death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them who had not sinned after the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of him who was to come:

³ Do you not know that as many of us as have been baptized to Christ Jesus, have been baptized to his death? ⁴ We have therefore been buried with him by that baptism to his death, that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also may walk in newness of life. ⁵ For if we are grafts, we are made so by the similitude of his death, but by that of his resurrection we shall actually be so. ⁶ This we know, that our old man was crucified with him that the body of sin may be stopped from operating, in order that we may no longer be slaves to sin.

⁶ This we know, that our old man was crucified with him that the body of sin may be stopped from operating, in order that we may no longer be slaves to sin.

¹⁷ But thanks be to God, that though you were slaves of sin, yet from the heart you have conformed to the mould of doctrine in which you were cast,

² For the married woman is by law bound to her husband while he is alive. But if the husband die, a stop is put to the operation of the law of the husband.

¹⁹ For the good which I approve, I do not perform; but evil which I disapprove, this I do.

²¹ I find then this law for me, that when I would do good, evil is close to me. ²² For in the inner man I am delighted with the law of God;

³ for as it was out of the power of the law to do this, inasmuch as it was weak through the flesh, God having sent his own son in a likeness of sinful flesh, and to be a sin offering, hath condemned this sin in the flesh,

⁶ For the bent of the flesh is death; but the bent of the spirit is life and peace.

¹¹ and if the spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he who hath raised up the Christ from the dead will quicken even those dead bodies of yours by his spirit which dwelleth in you.

²⁶ and in such a manner as the spirit joineth in helping our infirmities: for we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the spirit itself intercedeth for us with groans which cannot be expressed in words. ²⁷ And he who searcheth the hearts knoweth the bent of the spirit, that it pleadeth for saints according to the will of God. ²⁸ And we know that all things are working together for good to them who love God"to them who according to a previous purpose are now actually called.

³⁰ And those whom he marked out beforehand he actually called, and those whom he called, even these he acquitted, and those whom he acquitted even these he glorified.

³⁴ who is he who shall condemn? Christ who died? Rather indeed who is raised up, who is actually at the right hand of God, and who maketh intercession for us?

³⁸ For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

¹ I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience, with a holy spirit, bearing joint witness for me

⁷ nor are they all children, because they are of the race of Abraham; but in Isaak a seed shall be called for thee. ⁸ That is to say, It is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed. ⁹ For this is the word of the promise. "About this time twelve month I will come and Sarah shall have a son."

²² What if God willing to manifest his wrath and make known his power, did with much long suffering, bear with the vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,

⁹ That if thou wilt acknowledge with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe with thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. ¹⁰ For with the heart man believeth for righteousness, and with the mouth acknowledgment is made for salvation.

¹⁶ But all have not duly hearkened to the good news, for Esaias saith, "Lord, who hath believed this report of ours."

² and be not conformed to this world; but transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may know experimentally what the will of God is, which is good and acceptable and perfect.

¹⁰ in brotherly love be tenderly affectionate one to another: in honour prefer one another;

¹⁴ Bless them who persecute you"bless and curse not. ¹⁵ Set your hearts on this with respect to each other"to rejoice with them who rejoice, and to weep with them who weep. ¹⁶ Set not your minds on high things, but accommodate yourselves to things which are low. Be not wise in your own conceits. ¹⁷ Render to none evil for evil. Be provident in regard to things good in the sight of all men. ¹⁸ If possible, that is, as far as in your power, be at peace with all men. ¹⁹ Beloved, avenge not yourselves, but give place to the wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine; I will requite, saith the Lord." ²⁰ Therefore if thine enemy hunger feed him; if he be thirsty, give him drink; for by doing so thou wilt use the means to melt him. ²¹ Be not overcome by evil; but overcome evil with good.

³ For the rulers are not a terror to good works but to evil. Dost thou then wish not to dread the power? Do that which is good and thou shall have praise from it.

¹⁷ For the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in a holy spirit.

¹⁹ Let us then pursue those things which tend to peace and mutual edification.

⁵ Now may the God of this patience and of this consolation grant you to have your minds mutually bent on this very thing after the example of Christ Jesus,

¹⁰ And I intreat you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same sentiment.

⁶ Now, brethren, I have transferred these things by a figure to myself and Apollos, for your sakes, that by us you may learn not to have your minds bent upon any thing above what is written; that you may not any of you be puffed up

¹² working with our own hands. Being reviled we give good words; being persecuted we suffer patiently; ¹³ being defamed we exhort. We are become as it were the expiatory sacrifices of the world; the refuse of all things until now.

³ Let the husband render due benevolence to the wife; and in like manner the wife to the husband.

¹⁶ For how knowest thou, O wife, but thou mayst save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O husband, but thou mayst save thy wife?

¹⁹ For being free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all that I may gain the more. ²⁰ To the Jews I became as a Jew that I might gain the Jews: to them under law, as if I were under law, that I might gain those under law: ²¹ to them without law, as if I were without law [not as without law to God, but under a law to Christ] that I might gain those with out law: ²² To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak; to all those I have become all this that I may save all.

³ and I wish you to know that the Christ is the head of every man; and that the head of woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

¹³ For by one spirit we are all baptized to one body, whether we were Jews or Greeks, slaves, or freemen; and have all been made to drink to one spirit.

²² On the contrary, those members of the body which seem to be the weakest are more especially necessary; ²³ and on those which we think the more dishonourable parts of the body we bestow the more abundant honour: and the uncomely parts of us have more abundant finery, ²⁴ of which the comely parts have no need. God indeed hath formed the symmetry of the body, giving more abundant honour to the part which wanteth it,

²⁶ so that if one member suffereth, all the rest suffer with it; and if one member is honoured, all the rest rejoice with it.

¹ Be zealous then in the pursuit of this love, and aspire after spiritual gifts, but chiefly that you may prophesy.

³⁴ let your women be silent in these congregations: for they are not permitted to talk, but to be in subjection, as the law also saith:

²⁴ then the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God the father, when he shall have put a stop to all empire and all authority, and all power.

¹² For this is the matter of our boasting; the testimony of our conscience, that with simplicity and godly sincerity, not with carnal wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more especially towards you.

²⁴ not that we have dominion over your faith; but are joint promoters of your joy; for in this faith you have continued;

¹⁵ Because we are for God a strong odour of the Christ among them who are saved, and among them who perish ¹⁶ [to these indeed an odour of death for death, but to those an odour of life for life] who therefore is sufficient for this?

² but have renounced the secrets of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor dealing deceitfully with the word of God, but by the clear manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

¹⁶ For this cause we do not faint: nay though this outer man of ours is wasted, yet the inner is renewed day by day.

²¹ for he hath made him who knew no sin, a sin offering for us, that by him we may be made the righteousness of God;

¹ Having therefore, beloved, these promises, let us purify ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

¹ Now I Paul myself exhort you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, [I who when present am indeed lowly among you, but being absent am bold towards you]

¹⁰ I feel therefore a complacency in weaknesses, in reproaches, in difficulties, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ; for when I am weak, then am I strong.

⁴ For though from weakness he was crucified, yet by the power of God he is alive, therefore though we are weak in him, yet by the power of God we will be alive with him for you.

⁴ who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

¹³ From this curse of the law Christ hath redeemed us, being made a curse for us; [for it is written, "Cursed, is every one who is suspended on a cross,"]

²⁷ For as many of you as have been baptized to Christ, have put on Christ,

²² For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by a bondwoman, and one by a freewoman: ²³ but he indeed who was of the bondwoman, was born in the ordinary course of nature; and he who was of the freewoman, in virtue of the promise. ²⁴ These things have an allegorical meaning, for by these women are represented the two covenants; one from mount Sina, bringing forth for bondage; this is Hagar. ²⁵ [for Hagar meaneth mount Sina in Arabia] and answereth to the present Jerusalem, who with her children is in a state of bondage: ²⁶ but the Jerusalem above is free: this is the mother of us all;

²² But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ meekness, temperance; against such things there is no law.

¹⁰ As we therefore have an opportunity let us do good to all, but more especially to them who are of the household of faith.

²⁰ of his which he exerted in the Christ: Having raised Him from the dead, he set him at his right hand, in the heavenly kingdom, ²¹ far above all principality and power, and might, and dominion, and every name which is named, not only in this age but in that to come;

¹⁶ and reconcile them both in one body, to God by means of the cross, having by that slain the enmity. ¹⁷ And being come he hath proclaimed the glad tidings of peace to you who were far off, and to them who were near. ¹⁸ Because through him we both have access to the father by one spirit,

⁶ That the nations are coheirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of that promise of his in the Christ by means of the gospel,

² with all humility and meekness; with long suffering, bearing with one another in love;

²² with respect to your former course of life, to put off the old man, which is corrupted by deceitful desires, ²³ and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind; ²⁴ and to put on the new man, which in a conformity to God is created in righteousness and the holiness of truth.

³⁰ And grieve not the holy spirit of God by which you have been sealed for the day of redemption. ³¹ Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and detraction, be banished from among you, with malice of every sort; ³² and be kind to one another, tenderly compassionate, forgiving one another. And as God hath in Christ forgiven you,

¹ be ye therefore imitators of God as beloved children.

²² Wives, be subject to your husbands as to the Lord; ²³ because the husband is the head of the wife, even as the Christ is the head of the congregation. He indeed is the saviour of the body; ²⁴ but as the congregation is subject to the Christ, so let wives be to their husbands in every thing. ²⁵ Husbands love your wives, even as the Christ loved the congregation, and gave himself up for it, ²⁶ that having purified it with the bath of the water, he might hallow it; indeed

²⁶ that having purified it with the bath of the water, he might hallow it; indeed ²⁷ that he might present it to himself as the glorious congregation, having neither spot, nor wrinkle, nor any defect whatever; but that it may be holy and without blemish. ²⁸ In the same manner husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loveth his wife, loveth himself.

³³ However with regard to you individually, let every one love his wife as himself, and let the wife reverence her husband.

⁵ Servants, obey them who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your hearts, as you do the Christ

¹⁸ in every prayer and supplication, always praying with the spirit [being for this purpose in a continual state of watchfulness and prayer] for all the saints

²⁷ Only conduct yourselves in a manner becoming the glad tidings of the Christ, that whether I come and see you, or if absent I may hear this of you, that you are stedfast in one spirit, and that without being in the least daunted by your opposers, you contend unanimously for the belief of the gospel,

²⁹ because this hath been granted to you for Christ, not only to believe in him but also to suffer for him and you are engaged in the same conflict as that in which you saw me and now hear that I am engaged,

¹⁶ [over and above the advance which we have made by walking by this rule,"by minding this itself]

²⁰ But we are citizens of heaven, from which we earnestly expect a saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,

⁸ Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are venerable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are friendly, whatsoever things are reputable, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think of these things, ⁹ and practise what you have learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me; and the God of peace be with you.

⁵ on account of the hope laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before by the true word of the gospel,

²¹ hath now therefore brought you, who were for a time alienated, and enemies in your minds by wicked works, to a state of reconcilement ²² by the body of his flesh by his death, to present you holy and without blemish, and exempt from accusation in his sight, ²³ provided you continue in this belief, grounded and settled, and are not moved away from the hope of the glad tidings which you have heard, which have been proclaimed to this whole creation under heaven, of which I Paul was made a minister.

²⁷ to whom God hath been pleased to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations: namely Christ in you the hope of Glory,

¹² having been buried with him in that baptism in which also you were raised with him by your belief in the mighty power of God, who raised him from the dead.

¹ Since you then have been raised up with the Christ, seek the things which are above; where the Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

³ For you have died, and your life is hid with the Christ in God.

⁹ Lie not one to another. Having put off the old man, with his deeds, ¹⁰ and put on the new man, which is renewed for knowledge after the image of him who created it,

¹² put on therefore as chosen of God, holy and beloved, bowels of tender mercies, gentleness, humility, meekness, long suffering,

¹⁵ and let the peace of God, to which you have been called in one body, rule in your hearts; and be ye grateful.

¹⁸ Wives, be submissive to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord. ¹⁹ Husbands, love your wives and be not imbittered against them

²² Servants, obey in all respects them who are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service as men pleasers, but with singleness of heart, fearing God;

⁵ Walk in wisdom towards them who are without, redeeming the time. ⁶ Let your conversation be always with courteousness, seasoned with salt, with a knowledge how you ought to answer every one.

⁴ that every one of you know how to use his own vessel in sanctification and honour;

¹¹ and to make it your ambition to live quietly, and to mind your own business, and work with your own hands, as we charged you;

¹⁵ see that none return evil for evil to any one; but on all occasions do all the good you can, both to one another and to all men.

⁸ executing, with flaming fire, vengeance on them who know not God, and on them who hearken not to the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹² Now we charge such, and intreat them by the Lord Jesus Christ, to work quietly, and eat their own bread.

⁵ Now the end of that charge is love, from a pure heart, and good conscience, and an unfeigned belief;

¹⁹ having faith and a good conscience, which last some having discarded, they have, in respect to the faith, suffered shipwreck,

² for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life with all piety and honesty;

⁹ in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in comely apparel, with bashful modesty; not with curls, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; ¹⁰ but with good works, as it becometh women who profess a reverence for God.

¹⁰ but with good works, as it becometh women who profess a reverence for God. ¹¹ Let women learn in quietness with all submission. ¹² For I do not allow a woman to teach or to usurp authority over man, but to be in quietness.

¹⁵ but to be saved by the child birth, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification, with a sober mind.

¹² Let none despise thy youth; but be thou a pattern to the faithful in doctrine, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in fidelity, in purity.

⁵ Now she, who being really a widow and desolate, hath trusted in God, will continue in her supplications and prayers night and day;

¹⁰ is she eminent for good works? Hath she brought up children? Hath she exercised hospitality? Hath she washed the feet of the saints? Hath she assisted the afflicted? Hath she been assiduous to perform every good work?

¹² Maintain the good combat of faith. Lay hold on the life everlasting to which thou hast been invited, and of which thou hast made a good profession before many witnesses.

¹⁸ to be beneficent; to be rich in good works, ready to distribute; willing to communicate,

³ I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with a pure conscience, that I have so uninterruptedly the remembrance of thee in my prayers, night and day,

²⁵ with meekness instructing opposers: perhaps God may grant them a change of mind so as to acknowledge the truth,

²⁵ with meekness instructing opposers: perhaps God may grant them a change of mind so as to acknowledge the truth, ²⁶ and they who have been captivated by the devil for his pleasure, may rouse and escape from his snare.

² in hope of an everlasting life, which the God of truth promised before the times consisting of ages,

³ that aged women, in like manner, be in behaviour as becometh saints, not addicted to slander, not enslaved to wine, good instructors, that they may

³ that aged women, in like manner, be in behaviour as becometh saints, not addicted to slander, not enslaved to wine, good instructors, that they may

³ that aged women, in like manner, be in behaviour as becometh saints, not addicted to slander, not enslaved to wine, good instructors, that they may ⁴ teach the young women to be discreet, to love their husbands, to love their children,

⁴ teach the young women to be discreet, to love their husbands, to love their children,

⁴ teach the young women to be discreet, to love their husbands, to love their children, ⁵ to be modest, chaste, attentive to domestic affairs, good, submissive to their husbands; that the word of God may not be ill spoken of.

⁵ to be modest, chaste, attentive to domestic affairs, good, submissive to their husbands; that the word of God may not be ill spoken of. ⁶ In like manner exhort young men to be sober minded,

⁶ In like manner exhort young men to be sober minded, ⁷ shewing thyself in all things a pattern of good works; in thy doctrine displaying integrity, gravity, incorruptness, ⁸ sound discourse which cannot be condemned, that he who is of an opposite party may be ashamed, having nothing bad to say of you.

⁸ sound discourse which cannot be condemned, that he who is of an opposite party may be ashamed, having nothing bad to say of you. ⁹ Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters; to be in all things studious to please; not answering again, ¹⁰ not embezzling, but shewing all good fidelity, that they may in all things adorn the doctrine of our saviour God. ¹¹ For the favour of God which is for salvation hath been brightly displayed for all men ¹² teaching us in order that we, renouncing impiety and worldly lusts, may live soberly and righteously and piously in this present world, ¹³ waiting for the blessed hope and the bright display of the glory of the great God, and saviour of us Jesus Christ, ¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. ¹⁵ Speak these things, and exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise thee.

² to revile no one; not to be quarrelsome; to be gentle, shewing all meekness to all men.

⁵ not for works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy; he saved us by a bath of regeneration, and a renewal of a holy spirit, ⁶ which he poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our saviour, ⁷ in order that we, being pardoned by his favour, might become expectant heirs of everlasting life.

⁷ in order that we, being pardoned by his favour, might become expectant heirs of everlasting life.

³ who being an effulgence of the glory, and an impress of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having by himself made a purification of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high,

¹³ And to which of these messengers did he ever say, "Sit at my right hand till I make thine enemies thy footstool." ¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth on service on the account of them who are to be heirs of salvation?

⁶ but Christ as a son over his own house, whose house we are, if we stedfastly maintain this confidence, and the boast of this hope, firm to the end.

⁹ and being consecrated became the author of everlasting salvation to all who obey him,]

¹ Therefore dropping the discourse of the government of the Christ, let us, without laying again a foundation of reformation from dead works, and of faith in God,

¹⁴ saying, "Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee."

¹⁸ that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to deceive, there might be strong consolation for us who have fled to take hold of this proffered hope, ¹⁹ which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast; and which entereth within the veil, ²⁰ whither a forerunner hath entered for us, namely Jesus, made a chief priest forever, after the order of Melchisedek.

¹ Now the sum of what I have said is this, Such a chief priest we have who hath taken a seat at the right hand of the throne of the majesty in the heavens:

¹⁴ how much more will the' blood of the Christ, who by an eternal spirit hath offered himself without blemish to God, purify your conscience from dead works that you may serve the living God.

²⁴ For the Christ did not enter into holies made with hands, the symbols of the true; but into heaven itself; now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf:

²⁶ else he then must have suffered many a time from the foundation of the world; but now once for all, at the end of the ages, he hath been manifested for the purpose of abolishing sin offerings by the sacrifice of himself.

²⁸ so also the Christ, being once offered up to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without a sin offering, for the salvation of them who wait for him.

¹² but he having offered for sins one sacrifice, to last for ever, sat down at the right hand of God,

⁷ By faith Noah, when warned of unforeseen events, with a religious concern prepared an ark for the saving of his household; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of that righteousness which is by faith. ⁸ By faith Abraham, when called, shewed obedience by going to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and set out on his journey not knowing whither he was going.

¹¹ By faith Sarah also received strength for conception, and was delivered of a son when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

¹⁹ reckoning that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which in a figurative sense, he had received him.

² looking forward to Jesus, the leader and perfecter of this faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured a cross, despising shame, and hath taken a seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

¹⁴ Follow peace with all men, and that holiness without which none shall see the Lord,

¹ Let brotherly love continue.

¹⁶ and forget not beneficence and contribution: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

¹⁸ Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, being desirous of conducting ourselves honourably in all things, 19 and I exhort you to this with the more earnestness, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

¹² Happy the man, who endureth a trial! because having stood the test, he will Jas 1:receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them who love him.

²¹ Therefore having thrown off all the filth and scum of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word which is able to save your souls;

²⁶ If any one among you thinketh to be religious without bridling his tongue, he is but deceiving his heart. Such a one's religion is vain.

¹³ for the sentence of judgment shall be without mercy for him who hath not exercised mercy, though mercy glorieth over a sentence of judgment.

¹ Be not, my brethren, many teachers; as you know that we shall receive a severer sentence; ² for in many instances we all offend. If any one offend not in discourse he is a perfect man, and able to bridle in the whole body. ³ Behold we put bits in the mouths of horses to make them obey us, and we manage their whole body. ⁴ Behold ships also, how large soever they be, though driven by hard gales are managed by a very small helm, and kept to the course which the pilot in tendeth. ⁵ So also the tongue is a very small member, yet it boasteth great things. See what a great pile of wood a little fire kindleth to a flame! ⁶ Now, the tongue is a fire, the leader of iniquity; the tongue is set among the members, staining the whole body, and setting the wheel of nature in a blaze, when it is itself set in a blaze by hell. ⁷ For all kinds of beasts, and birds, and reptiles, and fishes, are subdued and have been subdued by man; ⁸ But the tongue of man none can subdue. It is an ungovernable monster: it is full of deadly poison. ⁹ With it we bless our God and father; and with it we curse men, who are made after the image of God. ¹⁰ Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not to be so.

¹³ Whoever among you is a man of wisdom and knowledge, let him, by a virtuous course of life, shew his works with the meekness of wisdom. ¹⁴ But if you have bitter zeal, and strife in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This is not the wisdom which cometh down from above; but that which is of an earthly, sensual, and devilish nature. ¹⁶ For where there is a zeal with strife, there will be confusion, and every thing which is bad. ¹⁷ Now the wisdom which cometh from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

¹⁷ Now the wisdom which cometh from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

¹⁷ Now the wisdom which cometh from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. ¹⁸ And the fruit of this righteousness is peaceably sown by them who cultivate peace.

⁶ You have condemned you have murdered the just one. Is he not setting himself in array against you?

¹¹ Behold we call those sufferers happy. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord's termination" that the Lord is full of compassion and tender mercy.

¹⁶ Confess your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man under the divine impulse is very powerful.

¹⁹ Brethren, if any among you hath wandered from the truth and another hath brought him back, ²⁰ let him know that he who hath brought back a sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and cover a multitude of sins.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his abundant mercy, hath regenerated us to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his abundant mercy, hath regenerated us to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead ⁴ for an inheritance incorruptible, incapable of defilement or decay, reserved in heaven for us

¹¹ and search, trying to find to what time, and what manner of time, the spirit of Christ within them pointed, when it testified before hand the sufferings which were for Christ, and the glories which should succeed them: ¹² to whom it was revealed that it was not for themselves, but for us, that they dispensed those things which have now been announced to you by them who proclaimed to you the glad tidings with a holy spirit sent from heaven; into which things angels have an earnest desire to look narrowly.

¹⁵ but as he who hath called you is holy, be ye also holy in the whole course of your life;

¹⁷ And since you invoke, as father, him who without respect of persons judgeth every one according to his work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear;

²² Having, in obedience to the truth, purified your souls by the spirit for an unfeigned brotherly affection, love one another fervently with a pure heart, ²³ as you have been born again not of corruptible but of incorruptible seed, by the word of God, which liveth and endureth forever.

¹ Therefore laying aside all malice, and all deceit, and every kind of hypocrisy, envy and slander,

¹² let your behaviour among the nations be virtuous, that when they speak against you as evil doers, they who have been eye witnesses may from your good works glorify God in the day of visitation.

¹⁵ For it is the will of God that you should by such good behaviour curb the ignorance of foolish men.

¹⁷ honour all men, love the brotherhood; fear God; honour the king.

¹⁹ For this is pleasing, if from a conscientious regard to God one endureth grief suffering wrongfully.

¹⁹ For this is pleasing, if from a conscientious regard to God one endureth grief suffering wrongfully. ²⁰ For what glory is it, if when you commit a fault and are beaten, you suffer patiently? But if when acting well you meet with ill usage, and bear it, this is well pleasing in the sight of God.

²⁰ For what glory is it, if when you commit a fault and are beaten, you suffer patiently? But if when acting well you meet with ill usage, and bear it, this is well pleasing in the sight of God.

²⁰ For what glory is it, if when you commit a fault and are beaten, you suffer patiently? But if when acting well you meet with ill usage, and bear it, this is well pleasing in the sight of God. ²¹ For to this you have been called, because Christ himself suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in his footsteps,

²¹ For to this you have been called, because Christ himself suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in his footsteps, ²² "Who committed no sin, nor was guile found in his mouth";

²² "Who committed no sin, nor was guile found in his mouth";

²² "Who committed no sin, nor was guile found in his mouth"; ²³ who when he was reviled, did not revile again, when he suffered, did not threaten; but committed himself to him who judgeth righteously;

²³ who when he was reviled, did not revile again, when he suffered, did not threaten; but committed himself to him who judgeth righteously; ²⁴ who himself offered up our sins in his own body on the cross, that we, being freed from those sins, might live for righteousness; "by whose stripes you have been healed."

¹ In like manner ye wives, be subject to your own husbands, that if any of them disbelieve the word they may by the deportment of their wives, without a word, be won over, ² when they see your reverential, chaste behaviour.

² when they see your reverential, chaste behaviour.

² when they see your reverential, chaste behaviour. ³ And let your adorning be, not that which is external by plaiting the hair with appendages of gold, nor finery of dress; ⁴ but the hidden man of the heart, with the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is highly precious in the sight of God.

⁴ but the hidden man of the heart, with the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is highly precious in the sight of God. ⁵ For thus, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God adorned themselves, submitting to their husbands, ⁶ [as Sarah, whose daughters you are, obeyed Abraham, calling him lord] doing what was right, and alarmed by no terror.

⁶ [as Sarah, whose daughters you are, obeyed Abraham, calling him lord] doing what was right, and alarmed by no terror. ⁷ Likewise ye husbands cohabit with your wives, paying respect to them as the weaker sex, and moreover as co-heirs with you of the grant of life, that there may be no impediment to your prayers.

¹⁴ But if you should even suffer on the account of righteousness, you are happy. Be not terrified with the fear of them, nor dismayed;

¹⁴ But if you should even suffer on the account of righteousness, you are happy. Be not terrified with the fear of them, nor dismayed; ¹⁵ but sanctify the Lord in your hearts" and be always prepared, in answer to every one who demandeth of you a reason for the hope which is in you, to make a defence with meekness and fear,

¹⁵ but sanctify the Lord in your hearts" and be always prepared, in answer to every one who demandeth of you a reason for the hope which is in you, to make a defence with meekness and fear,

¹⁵ but sanctify the Lord in your hearts" and be always prepared, in answer to every one who demandeth of you a reason for the hope which is in you, to make a defence with meekness and fear, ¹⁶ having a good conscience, that when they speak against you as evil doers, they who calumniate your good conversation in Christ may be put to shame.

²¹ an antitype to which, namely baptism, [not a removal of the filth of the flesh, but an earnest conscientious application to God] doth now save us also, by means of the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

¹ Christ therefore having suffered in flesh for us, arm ye yourselves with this reflection, that he who hath suffered in flesh hath been stopped from sin,

⁶ For to this end also the gospel was proclaimed to the dead, that judged as they might be according to men in flesh, they might live according to God in spirit.

¹³ but inasmuch as you partake of the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice; that at the manifestation of his glory you may indeed rejoice with exceeding great joy. 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ you are happy; because the spirit of the glory, even the spirit of God resteth on you. On their part indeed it is reviled, but on your part it is glorified.

¹⁵ For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or a malefactor, or as a usurper of authority;

¹⁵ For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or a malefactor, or as a usurper of authority; ¹⁶ and if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this respect. ¹⁷ For the time is come when judgment is to begin at the house of God. And if it begin first with us, what must be the end of them who disregard the glad tidings of God?

¹⁹ Let them therefore who suffer according to the will of God, commit their souls to him in well doing, as to a faithful creator.

⁵ Likewise ye who are young, submit to those more advanced in years. And being all submissive to one another; adorn yourselves with humility; because "God resisteth the proud and granteth favour to the humble;"

¹⁰ Now may the God of all favour, who hath invited us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, when we have suffered a little may he himself fit, support, strengthen and establish you!

⁷ and to piety, brotherly affection; and to brotherly affection, universal love;

⁵ and if he spared not the old world, but preserved eight persons, including Noah, the proclaimer of righteousness, when he brought a deluge on the world of ungodly men

¹¹ Therefore as all these things are to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conversation and godliness,

¹⁵ and reckon the long suffering of our Lord to be salvation; as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, hath also written to you;

⁹ If we confess our sins, He is faithful, and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who loveth not his brother abideth in death.

¹⁸ My children, let us not love in word, and with the tongue, but in deed, and in truth. ¹⁹ When we know by this that we are of the truth, let us in his presence persuade our hearts,

¹¹ Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who doth good is of God. But he who doth evil, hath not seen God.

⁵ And in their mouth there was no guile, for they were without blemish before the throne of God.

¹⁰ Whereupon I fell down at his feet to worship him. And he saith to me, See thou do not. I am the fellow servant of thee and of thy brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the spirit of this prophecy is the testimony of Jesus.

⁷ And when the thousand years are ended Satan will be let loose from his prison